An electronic apparatus having a function to omit part of initialization processing that is performed at the time of cold boot by using information held in a volatile storage device in returning from a power-saving state where power consumption is suppressed includes: a determination unit configured to determine, based on information indicating a connection state of a specific module of all the modules, whether to suspend supply of power to all modules of the electronic apparatus or to make a transition into the power-saving state where supply of power to at least the volatile storage device is maintained in response to an operation to turn off a power source by a user; and a power source control unit configured to control supply of power to each module of the electronic apparatus in accordance with the determination, and in activation processing in accordance with the function, part of initialization processing of the specific module is omitted.
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1. An electronic system including a predetermined device, the electronic system comprising: a power controller that shifts a power state of the electronic system into a first off state based on a first setting in response to an OFF operation of a power source switch of the electronic system and a second off state based on a second setting in reponse to the OFF operation of the power switch, wherein the first off state has a lower power consumption than the second off state; a controller that performs first activation processing including at least acquisition processing for acquiring predetermined information on the predetermined device from the predetermined device at activation from the first off state, and performs second activation processing at least excluding the acquisition processing at activation from the second off state; and a storage for storing information indicating that the predetermined device is electrically unconnected, wherein, in a case where the information is stored in the storage, the power controller shifts the power state of the electronic system into the first off state in response to the OFF operation of the power source switch, and wherein, in a case where the information is not stored in the storage, the power controller shifts the power state of the electronic system into the first off state based on the first setting in response to the OFF operation of the power source switch and into the second off state based on the second setting in response to the OFF operation of the power source switch.
2. The electronic system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller acquires a predetermined information from the predetermined device, determines whether the predetermined device is connected based on an acquisition result of the predetermined information, and stores the information in the storage in a case where it is determined that the predetermined device is unconnected.
3. The electronic system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller determines whether the predetermined device is connected in the case of causing activation in the first off state.
4. The electronic system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller periodically determines whether the predetermined device is connected.
5. The electronic system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller determines whether the predetermined device is connected in a case where a connection state of the predetermined device changes.
6. The electronic system according to claim 2 , further comprising a network interface for transmitting information to an external device, wherein in a case where the controller determines that the predetermined device is unconnected, the network interface transmits information for displaying predetermined information to a display of the external device.
7. The electronic system according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined information is information indicating that the predetermined device is unconnected.
8. The electronic system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined device is a display.
9. The electronic system according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition processing is processing for acquiring EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) of the predetermined device from the predetermined device.
10. The electronic system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined device is a display, and the acquisition processing is processing for acquiring at least one of a refresh rate, resolution, manufacturing maker, model type, serial number, and a power source management function of the display.
11. The electronic system according to claim 1 , wherein at activation from the second off state, the controller performs an operation setting of the predetermined device by using the information on the predetermined device acquired at activation from the first off state.
12. The electronic system according to claim 1 , further comprising a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing medium.
13. The electronic system according to claim 1 , further comprising a reading unit configured to read a document.
14. A method for shifting a power state of an electronic system which includes a predetermined device, the method comprising: shifting a power state of the electronic system into a first off state or a second off state wherein the first off state has a lower power consumption than the second off state; performing first activation processing and second activation processing, wherein the first activation processing includes at least acquisition processing for acquiring predetermined information on the predetermined device from the predetermined device at activation from the first off state, and wherein the second activation processing at least excludes the acquisition processing at activation from the second off state; and storing information indicating that the predetermined device is unconnected, wherein, in a case where the information indicating an unconnected predetermined device is stored, shifting the power state of the electronic system into the first off state in response to an OFF operation of a power source switch of the electronic system, and wherein, in a case where the information is not stored in the storage, shifting the power state of the electronic system into the second off state in response to the OFF operation of the power source switch of the electronic system.
15. An electronic system including a predetermined device, the electronic system comprising: a power controller that shifts a power state of the electronic system into a first off state or a second off state wherein the first off state has a lower power consumption than the second off state; a controller that performs first activation processing including at least acquisition processing for acquiring predetermined information on the predetermined device from the predetermined device at activation from the first off state, and performs second activation processing at least excluding the acquisition processing at activation from the second off state; and wherein, in a case where the predetermined device is unconnected, the power controller shifts the power state of the electronic system into the first off state in response to an OFF operation of a power source switch of the electronic system, and wherein, in a case where the predetermined device is connected, the power controller shifts the power state of the electronic system into the second off state in response to the OFF operation of the power source switch of the electronic system.
16. The electronic system according to claim 15 , wherein the controller acquires a predetermined information from the predetermined device and determines whether the predetermined device is connected based on an acquisition result of the predetermined information.
17. The electronic system according to claim 16 , wherein the controller determines whether the predetermined device is connected in the case of causing activation in the first off state.
18. The electronic system according to claim 16 , wherein the controller periodically determines whether the predetermined device is connected.
19. The electronic system according to claim 16 , wherein the controller determines whether the predetermined device is connected in a case where a connection state of the predetermined device changes.
20. The electronic system according to claim 16 , further comprising a network interface for transmitting information to an external device, wherein in a case where the controller determines that the predetermined device is unconnected, the network interface transmits information for displaying predetermined information to a display of the external device.
21. The electronic system according to claim 20 , wherein the predetermined information is information indicating that the predetermined device is unconnected.
22. The electronic system according to claim 15 , wherein the predetermined device is a display.
23. The electronic system according to claim 15 , wherein the acquisition processing is processing for acquiring EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) of the predetermined device from the predetermined device.
24. The electronic system according to claim 15 , wherein the predetermined device is a display, and the acquisition processing is processing for acquiring at least one of a refresh rate, resolution, manufacturing maker, model type, serial number, and a power source management function of the display.
25. The electronic system according to claim 15 , wherein at activation from the second off state, the controller performs an operation setting of the predetermined device by using the information on the predetermined device acquired at activation from the first off state.
26. The electronic system according to claim 15 , further comprising a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing medium.
27. The electronic system according to claim 15 , further comprising a reading unit configured to read a document.
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